The Portland daily press., 1887-05-17
1EsCELLANEOUs.
State Of Maine Cattle Commission.

Anact to extipate contagious diseases
| amnng cattle. passed by the last legislature
Of Maine is now in force, and the following
| rnles and regulations have been adopted
| Chapter 1888, section 4, and seven are as
| follows:
| shall knowingly and wllfully refuse permission to
| said commissioners, or either of them to make or
who knowingly and wlliqlly obstructs said COM
missioners, or either of them, in making all neees-
| sary examinations Of and as TO animals supposed
by said commissioners to be diseased as aforesaid
| or in destroying the same or who knowingly at
| tempts to prevent said commissioners or either
of them from entering upon the premises and 9TH
| er places herein before specified where any of
said diseases are by said commissioners supposed
to exist, shall be deemed guilty of misdemeanOr
and, upon conviction thereof or of either of the
acts IN this section prohibited shall be punished
by nne not exceeding one hundred dollars, or by
Imprisonment not exceeding ninety days, or by
both fine and Imprisonment, at the discretion of
the SQUIRT.
| Section 5-That any person who is the owner of
or who is possessed of any interest in any ami
mails affected with any of the diseases named in
section TWO OF this act or any person who is
agent, common carrier, consignee or otherwise is
charged with any duty in regard TO any animal so
diseased or exposed to the contagion Of such dis
ease or any otlcer or agent charged with any dll-
Ties under the provisions of this act, who shall
knowingly conceal the existence of such cOnta-
glous disease, or the fact Of such exposure 70
said contagi0n, and who shall knowingly and will
fully fa within reasonable time, to report to the
said commissioners, their knowledge or their in
OF said disease, or of such exposure thereto, shall
be deemed guilty of a msdemeanor, and shall be
punishable as provided in section four OF TINS act
section THAT no person or persons owning or
operating any railroad, nor the owner or owners,
or masters of any steam, sailing, or other veSs els
within the State, shall receive for transportation
or transport from part of the State TO another
part OF the state, or to bring from any other
State or foreign country affected with any OF The
diseases named in section two of this act, or that
have Deen exposed to such diseases, especially
the disease known as tuberculosis, knowing such
cattle to be affected. or to have been so exposed:
nor shall any person or persons, company or cor
poration, deliver for such transportation TO any
railroad company, or to the master or owner Of
any vessel, any cattle, knowing them to be af-
fected with or to have been exposed to any of the
said Diseases nor shall any person or persons,
port in private conveyance, from one State to
another part of the State, any cattle,
knowing the same to be affected with or to have
been exposed to any of said diseases. Any person
persons violating the provisions of this section
shall be deemed guilty OF a msdemeanor, and
upon conviction thereof shall be punished by fine
not exceeding the sum OF two hundred dollars, or
by Imprisonment not exceeding six months, or
by both fine and Imprisonment.
Whenever the commissioners shall inspect and
condemn an animal as diseased, they will cause
the appraisal OF the animal or animals affected
with. or that have been exposed to said diseases,
and the same shall be destroyed and paid for as
provided in See. 10, out of moneys appropriated
by THIS act, upon requisiti0n made by the commits
sloners, and disbursed by the Secretary, upon
vouchers furnished by the commissioners or
majority of their board. Whenever the commits
sioners shall decide animals TO be diseased, or to
have been exposed to contagion, and the owner
refuses to accept the sum authorized to be paid
under the appraisement provided for in this act,
thecommissioners will declare and maintain
rigid quarantine of such animals at the expense
of the owner, and also of the premises or places
where such cattle may be found. All notices of
disease among animals provided for in this act
Shall be made directly to the Veterinary Inspec-
tor of this board, who will by himself or some
other member of the board give the same their
immediate attention.
The Cattle Quarantine against the States of
Massachusetts and New York, ordered by the
old board, is hereby continued until further notice.
Massachusetts has now nine localities (and per-
haps more) infected with contagious Pleuro-Pneu-
monia, by cattle brought there from New York
and the stock interests of that State are in great
jeopardy. The great difficulty which attends the
stamping ont of the infection of contagious PleurO-
Pneumonia makes it the duty Of all to use every
endeavor to prevent its gaining footh0ld in this
State but permit to bring cattle into this State
may be obtained by furnishing to this board full
and satisfactory evidence of non-infection. All
other cattle brought into this State without such
permit will be quarantined, as above directed,
until this order is cancelled, and any violation of
this order coming TO our knowledge will be prose-
cuted to the full extent of the law.
Il. O. BEALS, Bangor, President
w. w. HARRIS, Deering, Secretary and Treas
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GEO. Il. BAILEY, Portland. Veterinary Inspector
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